Both characters progress and share any experience points you get. As the question states, your friend can jump-in and out of your game at anytime.
This can be done through online and offline and of course offline is accomplished through split-screen. The host controls the teammates, and the guest is the 4th character in the story that helps you complete your missions. IGN: When you say you can invite a friend to jump in at any time during your campaign, does this apply to Xbox Live and split screen? Cambiotti: Yes, the SP story campaign can all be played through co-op with a friend. IGN: Will your friends be able to bring their created character over to your house on their hard drive or memory card and import it for co-op action? Cambiotti: You can bring over your customized character to play split-screen at your friend's house and continue to evolve him during that time. All dialogs and scenes remain completely intact in co-op. So yes, you can play the complete story in co-op with the help of a friend. IGN: Will the co-op gameplay now have dialogue during cut scenes (that was sorely missed in the first Vegas)? Cambiotti: As mentioned before, co-op was a major focus for us. This includes adding more skylights so your partner can fast-rope down onto terrorists and multi-level areas that allow your teammates to clear the lower level while you and your Co-op partner take on the terrorists on the upper level. This goes beyond adding a few doors here and there. There are more entry points so that no one is stepping on other's toes. The layouts accommodate more players in a given area. Our maps were designed from the ground up with co-op in mind. This time around we really wanted to put more emphasis on playing co-op. Jean-Pascal Cambiotti: Well, in the first Rainbow Six Vegas (RSV), all levels were created around the SP campaign. As you get past the grunts and advance closer to the center of the terrorist cell, you encounter deadlier, more skilled enemies who work together as a group to counter every move you make.Ĭustomizable multiplayer: Create your own multiplayer character that evolves as you play online, unlocking new equipment and achievements as you go.IGN: Give us an example from the new game that outlines how the structure of a level is geared more towards a co-op experience than what we saw from the first Vegas. Next-gen A.I.: Next-generation technology brings a higher level of artificial intelligence toRainbow Six. All captured by an experienced Hollywood animation expert. Real-time immersion: Prepare yourself for a new level of in-game immersion with real-time mission briefings, all in the midst of the most intense combat ever played.Īdvanced animations: Exerience motion-captured assault and recon techniques such as fast roping, rappelling, window entry, blind-cover fire, and more. Observation and planning: Use tactical planning to maneuver through multiple-path Vegas environments, while utilizing high-tech equipment such as snake cams to strategically 'tag" terrorist targets to your teammates prior to entering a room. Special order location: Experience a new level of squad-based realism as your teammates offer real-time tactical suggestions like busting through walls or hacking computers, all in a race against time to locate the heart of the terrorist cell. Tactics play a major role in your team's success, as each member comes equipped with his own specialized skills With a new team comes added responsibility. New leader, new team: Team Rainbow ushers in a new breed of heroes. Learn more about the Rainbow Six: Vegas Model Brand Sometimes, what happens Vegas shouldn't stay in Vegas. Ten multi-player game modes include Survival, Assassination, Terrorist Hunt, Attack & Defend and Retrieval among others with up to 16 players. In addition to solo play, up to four players can take part in the mission. Your AI-controlled comrades will follow your instructions and each room offers multiple points of entry allowing you to select effective tactics. While normally playing in first-person perspective, the camera pulls out to show you the area while you take cover behind door jams and slot machines.
Make full use of cover as the AI-controlled enemies will attempt to counter your tactics as you sweep through the casino floors in pursuit. Lead your squad as you fast-rope from helicopters, rappel from hi-rise roof tops and use night vision goggles and snake cameras to locate your enemies and extract hostages. You play as Logan Keller, one of the team leaders of Rainbow Six as you follow terrorist ringleader Irena Morales from a dusty Mexican border town to glitz and glamour of Las Vegas. When chaos reigns in the streets and casinos of Sin City, it's up to the international counter-terrorist unit known as Rainbow Six to take out the opposition.